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typeId: term
recordId: local-authority
fields:
  title: Local Authority
  definition: The authority of the Local Station to decide which packages,
    principals, claims, capabilities, storage uses, compute uses, disclosures,
    and invocations are allowed locally.
  order: 600
  usage:
    - Local Authority is not delegated to replication peers, package authors,
      storage providers, or compute stations unless Local Policy explicitly does
      so within scope.
  sourceDocument: /home/johnb/Downloads/benac_terms_and_definitions_v0_1.md
  sourceVersion: 0.1 Terminology Draft
  sourceDate: 2026-05-02
  sourceSections:
    - 7. Trust, authority, policy, and capability terminology
---
